Senior QA & Test Automation Engineer - E2E & API

emagine; Portugal; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

emagine is seeking an experienced QA Automation Engineer to drive automated testing across web applications. You will own the end-to-end test suites, collaborate with Backend and Frontend teams, and coordinate UAT with pilot users.

The role emphasizes building robust regression and performance tests, integrating them into CI/CD, and maintaining high-quality software throughout the certification cycle and rollout.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of software QA with focus on test automation.
• Hands-on experience with E2E test automation (Playwright).
• Experience in API/integration testing tools (Kreya, Postman/Newman, REST Assured).
• Experience in load/performance testing (JMeter, Gatling).
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Coordination experience with manual acceptance testing.
• Proficient in English for documentation and communication.
• Native Portuguese speaker or at least C2 level.

Responsibilities

• Designing and implementing the automated end-to-end test suite (Playwright) for critical user journeys.
• Developing automated API/integration tests against module interfaces using tools such as Kreya, Postman/Newman, or REST Assured.
• Defining and executing approximately 15 test scenarios per interface against mocks/stubs, then staging systems.
• Setting up and executing load/performance tests (e.g., JMeter or Gatling) against defined targets.
• Maintaining and extending the test concept in line with evolving modules.
• Integrating automated test suites into the CI/CD pipeline for coverage and quality-gate reporting.
• Coordinating manual User Acceptance Testing with users, structuring scripts and consolidating results.
• Maintaining regression tests to support the certification cycle and throughout the customer rollout.
• Logging and verifying defects in collaboration with Backend and Frontend Engineers.

Skills

Test automation

E2E testing

CI/CD integration

Documentation in English

Portuguese proficiency

Tools

Playwright

Kreya

Postman/Newman

REST Assured

JMeter

Gatling

TypeScript/JavaScript basics

Job description

emagine is seeking an experienced QA Automation Engineer to drive automated testing across web applications. You will own the end-to-end test suites, collaborate with Backend and Frontend teams, and coordinate UAT with pilot users.

The role emphasizes building robust regression and performance tests, integrating them into CI/CD, and maintaining high-quality software throughout the certification cycle and rollout.